GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| malediction | curse |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| finery | ornament |